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Comments on Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities 'Vision Document 2030'

Posted by Nirmita Narasimhan at Feb 28, 2017 03:55 PM |
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The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted comments for the consideration of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPD) on the Vision Document 2030 brought out earlier this month.

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Can the Judiciary Upturn the Lok Sabha Speaker’s Decision on Aadhaar?

Can the Judiciary Upturn the Lok Sabha Speaker’s Decision on Aadhaar?

Posted by Amber Sinha at Feb 27, 2017 03:44 PM |

When ruling on the petition filed by Jairam Ramesh challenging passing the Aadhaar Act as a money Bill, the court has differing precedents to look at.

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WikiTungi: Bhubaneswar City Wiki Community Turns 1

WikiTungi: Bhubaneswar City Wiki Community Turns 1

Posted by Sailesh Patnaik at Feb 27, 2017 01:42 AM |

The Odia Wikipedia’s WikiTungi is an attempt at building a community of Wikimedians at the city level.

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Privacy Gaps in India's Digital India Project

Posted by Anisha Gupta and Edited by Amber Sinha at Feb 21, 2017 01:55 AM |

This paper seeks to assess the privacy protections under 15 e-governance schemes: Soil Health Card, Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS), Project Panchdeep, U-Dise, Electronic Health Records, NHRM Smart Card, MyGov, eDistricts, Mobile Seva, Digi Locker, eSign framework for Aadhaar, Passport Seva, PayGov, National Land Records Modernization Programme (NLRMP), and Aadhaar.

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Big Data in Governance in India: Case Studies

Posted by Amber Sinha, Vanya Rakesh and Vidushi Marda and Edited by Elonnai Hickok, Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Sunil Abraham at Feb 19, 2017 01:55 PM |

This research seeks to understand the most effective way of researching Big Data in the Global South. Towards this goal, the research planned for the development of a Global South big data Research Network that identifies the potential opportunities and harms of big data in the Global South and possible policy solutions and interventions.

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Marathi Wikisource & Digitisation Workshop

Posted by Subodh Kulkarni at Feb 18, 2017 05:00 PM |

A Marathi Wikipedia workshop was organized by the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS-A2K) team on February 17 and 18, 2017. Maharashtra Granthottejak Sanstha, Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited and Jnana Prabhodini were the co-organizers. The discussions were held at Jnana Prabodhini, Sadashiv Peth, Pune on February 17 and C Trade Tower, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune on February 18, 2017.

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50p and Digital Payments Masterclass Learning - CIS

Posted by Udbhav Tiwari at Feb 15, 2017 09:25 PM |

Sunil Abraham, Saikat Dutta and Udbhav Tiwari from the CIS team attended 50p on the 24 and 25 of January 2017 in Bangalore, India. We had the following learnings from the event, which will shape our work in the digital finance and payments space in the future.

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Orientation & Training session for Environmental Activists in Satara on 13th February 2017

Orientation & Training session for Environmental Activists in Satara on 13th February 2017

Posted by Subodh Kulkarni at Feb 13, 2017 12:00 AM |

A Marathi Wikipedia Orientation & Training session for Environmental Activists was held in Satara on 13 February, 2017

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Ranking Digital Rights in India

Posted by Divij Joshi and Aditya Chawla at Feb 12, 2017 07:22 AM |

This report is a study of five Indian telecommunication companies (Tata Communications Ltd., Reliance Communications Limited, Aircel Limited, Vodafone India Private Limited and Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited) and three Indian online service providers (Hike Messenger, Shaadi.com and Rediff.com). The report is an attempt to evaluate the practices and policies of companies which provide internet infrastructure or internet services, and are integral intermediaries to the everyday experience of the internet in India.

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Bargarh Manuscript Digitisation Project

Bargarh Manuscript Digitisation Project

Posted by Sailesh Patnaik at Feb 12, 2017 12:00 AM |

The digitisation of temple manuscripts at the Dadhivamana Temple, Bargarh in Western Odisha followed by a workshop for the students of Imperial College took place between 11- 12 February, 2017.

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Imperial College Orientation Program, Bargarh

Imperial College Orientation Program, Bargarh

Posted by Sailesh Patnaik at Feb 12, 2017 12:00 AM |

An Odia Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Imperial College, Bargarh on 12 February, 2017.

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Vidhi Doshi - Fingerprint Payments Prompt Privacy Fears in India (The Guardian)

Posted by Vidhi Doshi at Feb 10, 2017 10:50 AM |

This article by Vidhi Doshi on the use of Aadhaar-based payments by private companies in India was published by The Guardian on February 09, 2017. Sumandro Chattapadhyay is quoted in the article.

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Survey on Data Protection Regime

Posted by Aditi Chaturvedi and Elonnai Hickok at Feb 10, 2017 10:45 AM |

We request you to take part in this survey aimed at understanding how various organisations view the changes in the Data Protection Regime in the European Union. Recently the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 was passed, which shall replace the present Data Protection Directive DPD 95/46/EC. This step is likely to impact the way of working for many organisations. We are grateful for your voluntary contribution to our research, and all information shared by you will be used for the purpose of research only. Questions that personally identify you are not mandatory and will be kept strictly confidential.

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Only 8.5pc of Wikipedia Editors are Women. How do we fix the Gender Gap on the Internet?

Posted by Ting-Yi Chang at Feb 09, 2017 02:49 AM |

Women-related articles are generally shorter, more prone to deletion, and more likely to be peripheral pieces under male-centric articles.

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Marathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Posted by Subodh Kulkarni at Feb 08, 2017 07:00 AM |

A Marathi Wikipedia edit-a-thon was conducted by the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS-A2K) on February 5, 2017 at Vigyan Ashram, Pabal in Pune.

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"Free-license Wings To Your Books"  in Vijayawada

"Free-license Wings To Your Books" in Vijayawada

Posted by Pavan Santhosh at Feb 08, 2017 12:00 AM |

"Free-license Wings To Your Books" event held at Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada

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Google-translated Telugu articles prioritisation exercise: February iteration

Posted by Pavan Santhosh at Feb 08, 2017 12:00 AM |

The February iteration of the Google-translated Telugu articles prioritisation exercise took place online.

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Comparison of General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Directive

Posted by Aditi Chaturvedi and Edited by Leilah Elmokadem at Feb 07, 2017 02:08 PM |

Recently, the General Data Protection Regulation (REGULATION (EU) 2016/679) was passed. It shall replace the present Data Protection Directive (DPD 95/46/EC), which is a step that is likely to impact the workings of many organizations. This document intends to offer a clear comparison between the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) a the Data Protection Direction (DPD).

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Marathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at 'Swa'-Roopwardhinee, Pune

Marathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at 'Swa'-Roopwardhinee, Pune

Posted by Subodh Kulkarni at Feb 07, 2017 12:00 AM |

A Marathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon was held at 'Swa'-Roopwardhinee, Pune on 7th February 2017

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"Free-license Wings To Your Books" in Guntur

Posted by Pavan Santhosh at Feb 05, 2017 12:00 AM |

"Free-license Wings To Your Books" event held at Annamayya Library, Guntur

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